Notes from Spring 2022
This was my second go with tomatoes. This time around I: started from seed acquired a bunch of bamboo for staking staked and suckered to a single stem grew 14 plants grew two plants in grow bags for comparison purposes Tomatoes grown this season: Black Krim Riesentraube Cherokee Purple Garden Peach Sart Roloise Persimmon Black Strawberry* Orange Icicle* Blondkopfchen There were 14 plants total as some doubled to make sure I got some yield. Tomatoes with a * had at least one plant in a grow bag. Equipment: Bamboo poles Bird netting PVC piping Strips of cloth from old baby shirts Garden Tie tape bird netting Growing provisions: Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil Banana peels Ground up egg shells Used coffee grounds Compost (Nursery bought) Setup: I had 14 plants all spaced approximately 18-20 inches apart. They went in ground near the end of March after the last frost date. Each tomato was planted at the base of a bamboo stake, the taller stakes were placed towards the "back" (1,
